Federally, the Health of Animals Act governs livestock traceability activities in Canada. Part XV of the Health of Animals Regulations outlines the identification and movement reporting requirements for cattle, bison, sheep and pigs.
Under the regulations, people who are in the possession, care or control of an animal, or the carcass of an animal, must report certain types of animal identification and movement information to the responsible administrator.
Under Part XV, the "responsible administrator" is defined as "a person who is authorized by the Minister to receive information in relation to animals or things to which the Act or these Regulations apply, is listed on the Agency's web site as an administrator and administers a national identification program in relation to certain animals of all or part of one or more genera, species or subspecies that are located in one or more provinces
" (definition amended on 1 July 2014).
Responsible Administrators
Bison, beef bovine, and ovine
The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) is the administrator responsible for bison (animal, other than an embryo or a fertilized egg, of the subspecies Bison bison bison, Bison bison athabascae or Bison bison bonasus), beef bovine (animal, other than an embryo or a fertilized egg, of the species Bos taurus or Bos indicus) and ovine (an animal, other than an embryo or a fertilized egg, of the genus Ovis) under the livestock identification and traceability program. If you are a regulated party and would like more information on bison, beef bovine or ovine identification and movement reporting requirements, please contact the CCIA.
Canadian Cattle Identification Agency
Head Office
7171-107 Avenue, SE
Calgary, Alberta T2C 5N6
Toll-Free: 877-909-2333
Phone: 403-275-2083 – Call Centre hours are 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Mountain Time), Monday to Friday
Fax: 403-275-1668
email: info@canadaid.ca
Regulated parties may report bison, bovine and ovine identification and movement information to the Canadian Livestock Tracking System (CLTS), which is the database managed by the CCIA.
Dairy bovine
Lactanet Canada is the administrator responsible for dairy bovine (animal, other than an embryo or a fertilized egg, of the species Bos taurus or Bos indicus) under the livestock identification and traceability program. If you are a regulated party and would like more information on dairy bovine identification and movement reporting requirements, please contact DairyTrace.
Sainte-Anne-De-Bellevue Office
555, des Anciens-Combattants Blvd.,
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue,
QC H9X 3R4
Phone: 1-800-BON-LAIT
Email: info@valacta.com
Guelph Office
660 Speedvale Avenue West,
Suite 101,
Guelph,
ON N1K 1E5
Phone: 1-800-549-4373
Email: dcsupport@lactanet.ca
Regulated parties may report bovine identification and movement information to DairyTrace, which is the database managed by Lactanet Canada.
Two administrators for bovine species
With the addition of Lactanet Canada as the responsible administrator for dairy bovine in Canada and CCIA as the responsible administrator for beef bovine, there are now two administrators for bovine species. This may seem confusing at first, but regulated parties should know:
- regulated parties may continue to report bovine regulatory data to the CLTS database, or DairyTrace, or SimpliTrace (within Quebec); and
- approved indicators (tags) are approved for use in bovine species under the Livestock Identification and Tractability program, regardless of livestock practices.
Pigs
The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) is the administrator responsible for pigs (an animal, other than an embryo or a fertilized egg, of the genus Sus) under the livestock identification and traceability program. If you are a regulated party and would like more information on pig identification and movement reporting requirements, please contact PigTrace Canada, which is a program managed by the CPC, or one of the provincial pork producers association listed below.
Canadian Pork Council Head Office
900-220 Laurier Ave. W
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5Z9
Phone: 613-236-9239
Fax: 613-236-6658
E-mail: info@cpc-ccp.com
Canadian Pork Council PigTrace Office
28 Terracon Place
Winnipeg, Manitoba R2J 4G7
Phone: 866-300-1825
Fax: 877-301-6710
E-mail: info@cpc-ccp.com
Customer Service and Tag Orders: 1-866-300-1825
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), Monday to Thursday
Regulated parties may report pig identification and movement information to the PigTrace Canada information system:
PigTrace Canada information system
Provincial pork producers associations
British Columbia Pork Producers Association: 604-287-4647
Alberta Pork: 780-474-8288
SaskPork: 306-244-7752
Manitoba Pork Council: 204-237-7447
Ontario Pork: 519-767-4600
Les Éleveurs de porcs du Québec: 450-679-0540
New Brunswick Pork: 506-458-8051
Pork Nova Scotia: 902-895-0581
PEI Pork: 902-892-4201
Organization that manages an animal identification system
Under Part XV of the Health of Animals Regulations, references are made an "organization that manages an animal identification system". Such a reference is made to an organization that is not officially recognized as an administrator, as it has not signed an agreement with the Minister, nor does it deliver a national animal identification program, as stipulated by the aforementioned definition.
Attestra meets the criteria for an "organization that manages an animal identification and livestock traceability system". As such, bovine, ovine and cervid producers located in Quebec report identification and movement information specified under Part XV to the Attestra database.
Attestra
555, boul. Roland-Therrien, suite 050
Longueuil (Québec) Canada J4H 4E8
Customer service provide by phone: 1-866-270-4319
Open Monday to Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
Customer service provide by fax: 1-866-473-4033
Administration fax number: 1-866-679-6547
Regulated parties in Quebec may report animal identification and movement information to the Attestra database.